Metro: Area Briefs

June 21, 2006|STAFF REPORTS

SOUTH BEND

19-year-old shot on Bissell Street

A 19-year-old South Bend man was taken to an area hospital after he was shot in his right thigh and another bullet grazed the right side of his chest about 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to a police report. The man told police he was parked in front of his home listening to music in the 1100 block of East Bissell Street when two males approached the rear of the vehicle and another male came from the front. The three met up behind the vehicle, the victim told police. One of the men then shot him, he said. The man told police after he was shot he drove his car onto the front yard of a home. He said when he exited the vehicle, he fell to the ground. The victim ran inside his home and called police. Police found three shell casings near where the man said the shooting took place. SOUTH BEND

Riley student has been missing for weeks

A 17-year-old South Bend girl has not been seen by her grandmother -- who is the girl's guardian -- since she got on a school bus to go to Riley High School on a day in late May. Brittney Lottie, who is black, is described as 6 feet 2 inches tall with a very slender build. She has black hair and sometimes has extensions. She has a dark complexion and wears black-framed glasses. Her grandmother is not sure where she would be. The girl lives in the 1800 block of Oliver Street in South Bend with her grandmother. Lottie, a junior at Riley last year, did not attend some of her classes that day, her grandmother said. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lottie is asked to call the South Bend Police Department at (574) 235-9201.